Automobile-jack.



narran s'rnfrss PATENT omnes.

JOSEPH J. KELLEI'IER. OF -Vl/AJERLO@ IOWA AUTOMOBILE-JACK.

Application tiled February 7, 1914.

T0 all ui/1.0m 4it 'may concern.

Be lit known that I, JOSEPH J. KELLEHER, a citizenof the United States of America, and a resident of Waterloo," Blackhawk county, Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements i'n- Automobile-Jacks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in automobile-jacks, and the object oie-my improvement is to furnish for .garages or the like, simple, easily operated jacks for lifts ing the pneumatic tires out of contact with the usual supportinglsi tace, and holding lthere in raised position to prevent damage to. the tires by the lcompressing.; strain .exea cised upon their parts which sustain the load of the veliiele. This object l have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved jack in its first position, that of being located to engage one of the hubs of an automobile preliminary to lifting the saine. Fig. 2- is a side elevation of my said jack in its second position, showing the parts moved to, lift the hub and wheel' of the automobile. parts of thejack being locked in their posi 'tion `for holding saidhub and wheel elevated from the supportingsuriace. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation off said jack, showing the parts in their positions, as shown insaid Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference denote'corresponding parts throughout ,the severa-l.

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'My irriproved jack comprises a foot or basebiock 1, and a transverse bar 2 .is secured along one edge of its iinde1'-face, to give the block 1 a. suitable inclination relative. to the supporting surface.

The numeral. 3 denotes a substantial rectangular-upright frame, having two spaced vertical standards, whose different parts( are brought closer together and integrally connectedmt the top. The lower part of said standards are integrally .connected by a cross-bar, and said cross-bar 1s secured across one end of the upper face of the block 1, immediately over the bar 2 by means'of the bolts 15. Since the block 1 has an 1nclination away Vfrom the horizontal, due to the underlyingbar 2, the standards ofthe frame 3 are similarly inclined from the vertical, which, when the jack is placed 1n the Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

Serial No. 817.201.

proper ,position adjacent to an automobile wheel 1l, as shown in Fig. 1, tilts it away from said wheel at the top. The upper, more narrowly spaced parts of said standards have alined inclined notches 7 on their outer faces. These notches are adapted to seat the pintles 5 adjustably on a. short rock shaft #l seated between said standards and upon which the hand-lever (3 fixed. A pair of Aparallel depending,r like angular links are pivotally connected to the pintles S at the extremity of the short end of said lever 6.

The numeral l2 denotes a strong inet-al loop` whose inturned meeting upper ends are pivotally seated in alined orifices in the lower ends of said pair of links 9. cross-bar 10 is secured across the outer face et thev loop 12 somewhat below the lower ends of said links by means of the staples il. and theetandards 3, and proiects somewhat beyond the latter.

The hand-lever G is bent at an obtuse angle at the location of its pintles fil- 5, for a purpose to be hereinafter described.

The numeral il denotes the pneumatic tire of an automobile wheel, having' a hub pro jection 13 on its outer face, about which the loop"12 is adapted to be seated when the parts of the ack are in the positions shown in said Fig. l, Vwhere the hand-lever 6 is elevated to its full extent to lower the angle links 9, together with said loop sutliciently. The cross-liar l() serves to keep said loop 12 spaced away a sufficient distance from the standards fi so that the hub 123 and wheel may not interfere therewith, and the bar 1() moved upwardly with said link` serves as a slide-bar over said standards 3, keeping; the link in its proper lifting position at all times. Vhen the link 12 is thus fitted over the hub 13, the wheel may be elevated to the aosition shown in said Fie. 2 bv swinvinsr down the hand-lever 6 to the position indi cated, in which position the jack may be lifted, its parts beingr locked together. This locking arrangement is due'tothe peculiar forms and relations of the Said lever 6 'and the angular links 9 relative. to the positions of the pint-les 5 and-8 and the loadcarried by saidloop 12. vThen 4the lever 'G is depressed to its lowermost position, the pintles 8 are moved over to the right, beyond their dead center relative to the pintles 5 and the pivotal connections of the. loop 12 The bar 10 is seated between said loop 

